Sports in Uzbekistan independent work of Madiyarovna Feruza

Notable athletes

• Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, cyclist
• Artur Taymazov, wrestler
• Ruslan Chagaev, boxer
• Lina Cheryazova, freestyle skier
• Elvira Saadi, gymnast
• Maksim Shatskikh, footballer

History of football in Uzbekistan Soviet Period Football in Uzbekistan started to develop in the 1920s. In 1926, the first championship[2] of the Uzbek SSR (i.e. Uzbek League) was held. Sbornaya Tashkenta and Sokol Tashkent were the most successful clubs in the competition. However the most successful club was FC Pakhtakor, the only football club from Uzbek SSR that played in the USSR Top League with 22 seasons.[3] The Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946. Berador Abduraimov[4] is the most famous Uzbekistani footballer during the Soviet period. He played 358 matches for FC Pakhtakor,[5] and was top goalscorer of the Soviet Top League in 1968 and also represented the Soviet Union.